This is just a bit of fun, but I've always been interested in the different kinds of names allowed, encouraged, and used in different areas of computing and data.

A few years ago, I tweeted some well-known naming styles and a collection of lesser-known naming styles. I was playing about …

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TOMLParams is a new open-source library that helps Python developers to externalize parameters in TOML files. This post will explain why storing parameters in non-code files is beneficial (including for reproducibility), why TOML was chosen, and some of the useful features of the library, which include structured sets of parameters …

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I had the pleasure of discussing TDDA with Peter Schmidt on his Coding for Thought podcast.

I think it came out really well, so this might be a nice way for people to learn about the ideas and motivations for the ideas and the library, which Simon Brown, Sam Rhynas …

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This post is a standing post that we plan to try to keep up to date, describing options for obtaining the open-source Python TDDA library that we maintain.

Using pip from PyPI

If you don't need source, and have Python installed, the easiest way to get the TDDA library is …

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Rexpy is a powerful tool we created that generates regular expressions from examples. It's available online at https://rexpy.herokuapp.com and forms part of our open-source TDDA library.

Miró users can use the built-in rex command.

This post illustrates using Rexpy to find regular expressions for UK postcodes.

A …

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